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Definition of trompe l'oeil. 1  1 : a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographically realistic detail; also : the use of similar technique in interior decorating. 2  2 : a trompe l'oeil painting or effect. 3  3 : something that misleads or deceives the senses : illusion.
(âDeceive the eyeâ is the literal translation of trompe lâoeil, a French term historically used to describe these types of works.) Since the ancient Greeks, intense realism has been an aspiration of Western art, however with the rise and popularity of abstract painting in the 20th century, such an aspiration became less avant-garde.